After walking around T-Square, we took an underground passageway to teh Forbidden City - which earned its name because it was forbidden for ordinary citizens to to see the emperor's face. Well, I'm not sure exactly but I kinda deduced from what my travel buddy Agustino told me...
I don't know which emperor was the greatest, but I'm quite sure it ain't Mao... So why is his face plastered on the outside wall??
The Forbidden City is where ancient relics such as treasure, artwork and instruments are still kept. Here's a set of early writing instruments which caught my eye. 
The Forbidden city is also famous for having kept 9,999 concubines for the last emperor of China. The number is kinda puzzling, that's because the emperor didn't want to exceed his father's number of 10,000. What a horny family ey? I bet this was his favorite hall Long Xi Guan - the Hall of Intensive Happiness!!!
Hmmmm... I wonder why it's called as such... This must have been the ancient version of today's Air Force 1. Here's a picture of one of the beds located in this Hall.
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